The aptitude test part had 4 sub-sections with 20 questions per sub-section. These 80 questions had to be solved within 80 minutes. This year all sections in the aptitude test saw a mix of questions with 4 options and 8 options. This was a change from the previous year.
(i) Sub-section: DIVERGENT AND CONVERGENT THINKING
The Reasoning section comprised 20 questions including word-association, analogies, statement-assumption, data sufficiency, coding, puzzle(symbol based logic + family tree) and visual reasoning questions. Out of 20 questions, 8 had 8 options each while the remaining 12 had 4 options each.
Topic |
No. of Qs. |
Overall Difficulty Level |
Word Association |
3 |
Medium |
Statement Assumption |
2 |
Medium |
Analogies |
2 |
Medium |
Statement Conclusion |
2 |
Medium |
Following was the break-up of the non-verbal reasoning questions in the section:
Type of questions |
Number of questions |
Overall Level of difficulty |
Visual Reasoning (Total 3 questions) |
Odd man out (Group) |
1 |
Easy |
Complete the series (Next figure) |
2 |
Logical Data sufficiency (Total 1 question) |
Data Sufficiency |
1 |
Medium |
Miscellaneous (Total 7 questions) |
Puzzle |
3 |
Difficult |
Binary Logic |
2 |
Medium |
Coding |
2 |
Easy |
In this section, 11-12 questions in about 25 minutes with 90 % accuracy would be considered a good attempt
(ii) Sub-section: VERBAL ABILITY
This section consisted of jumbled paragraphs, word pairs, paragraph completion(cloze), choosing the grammatically correct sentence questions, and three Reading Comprehension passages. Out of 20 questions, 11 had 8 options each while the remaining 9 had 4 options each.
Topic |
No. of Qs. |
Overall Level of difficulty. |
Grammatically correct sentence |
2 |
Medium |
Jumbled Paragraph – 5 sentences |
2 |
Medium |
One word substitution (passage) |
2 |
Difficult |
Reading Comprehension – 1
(Classic mythological hero – 500 words) |
2 |
Medium |
Reading Comprehension – 2
(Bitcoin and decentralized finance – 200 words) |
2 |
Medium |
Reading Comprehension – 3
(Extension and effects of the human sense – 450 words) |
5 |
Difficult |
Cloze (5 blanks) |
3 |
Medium |
Word pair (Synonyms) |
2 |
Easy |
In this section, 11 – 12 questions in about 15-20 minutes with 90% accuracy would be considered a good attempt.
(iii) Sub-section: QUANTITATIVE ABILITY AND DATA INTERPRETATION
There were 20 questions in the section, out of which 16 questions were on quantitative ability and 4 questions were on Data Interpretation. The Quantitative Ability section was dominated by 12 Arithmetic questions and then followed by 3 questions of Geometry and 1 question on Modern Math- Numbers. Overall, the section was Medium in terms of level of difficulty. and it was one notch more difficult than the corresponding section last year. One important characteristic of this section was that only 5 questions had 4 options and the remaining 15 questions had as many as 8 options.
There was one set on Data Interpretation involving a bar graph with 4 questions and a singular question on line graph.
Following was the break-up of the questions in the Quantitative Ability section:
Area |
No. of Qs |
LOD |
Arithmetic |
Time-Speed-Distance, Mixtures-Alligations, Time and Work,
Percentages, Ratio-Proportion, Profit & Loss |
12 |
Medium – Difficult |
Geometry |
Triangles, Coordinate Geometry |
3 |
Medium |
Modern Math |
Permutation & Combination |
1 |
Difficult |
Data Interpretation |
Bar Graph |
4 |
Medium |
In this section, an attempt of about 9-10 questions in about 30 minutes with around 85% accuracy would be considered good.
(iv) Sub-section: GENERAL AWARENESS
The General Awareness section consisted of 20 questions. Out of the 20 questions, 11 questions were based on national issues while 9 were based on international topics. Also, Static GK contributed 8 questions while the remaining 12 questions were based on current affairs. Overall, the section was more difficult than that of last year’s MICAT. The questions were about business, ad agencies, books and authors, awards, geography, economics, terms, laws and acts, and logos. 4 questions could be classified as easy; 8 as medium and 8 as difficult. 19 out of 20 questions had 8 options each.
In this section, an attempt of 8 – 9 questions in about 5-7 minutes with 70 percent accuracy would be considered good.